German, b. 1954
Thomas Struth
604results on record
71%sell-through
$22,500median result (USD, incl. premium; 98% observed, 2% estimated from hammer)
$1,810,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 604 recorded results (536 sold · 68 passed) across 19 auction houses, 1998–2026. 2 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 98% observed, 2% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.
Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
| Medium | Results | Sell-through | Median result (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| photography | 192 | 80% | $14,800 |
| prints | 74 | 100% | $60,000 |
| ceramics & design | 3 | 50% | $7,753 |
| other | 3 | 100% | $3,178 |
Medium is recorded for 272 of 604 results (45%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Andy Warhol Thomas Struth Andy Warhol
| Metric | Thomas Struth | Andy Warhol |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $22,500 | $32,500 |
| Record price | $1,810,000 | $195,040,000 |
| Results on record | 604 | 15,103 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Andy WarholHiroshi SugimotoThomas RuffGerhard Richter
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
72/ 100
- Sell-through71%
- Meets estimate61%
- Market depth604 results
How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →
Where this artist sells best
| House | Results | Sell-through | Median | vs. estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's | 238 | 73% | $31,500 | 0.86× |
| Christie's | 183 | 81% | $30,240 | — |
| Phillips | 92 | 72% | $25,004 | — |
| Grisebach | 32 | — | $9,539 | — |
| Lempertz | 21 | 65% | $4,435 | — |
| Bonhams | 12 | 50% | $3,584 | 0.87× |
| Dorotheum | 11 | 45% | $1,698 | — |
| Wright | 4 | 100% | $12,500 | — |
| Heritage Auctions | 4 | 100% | $4,062 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 3 | — | $6,286 | — |
| VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG | 4 | 75% | $3,875 | 1.87× |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 2 | 100% | $13,076 | 0.85× |
| SBI Art Auction | 2 | 100% | $13,459 | — |
| Rago | 1 | 100% | $24,130 | — |
| Chiswick Auctions | 1 | 100% | $271 | — |
| Carlo Bonte Auctions | 1 | 100% | $3,486 | 0.48× |
| Historia Auktionshaus | 1 | 100% | $118 | — |
| Kruso Art | 2 | 50% | $27 | 0.27× |
| LOT-ART | The Art Investment Platform | 1 | 0% | — | — |
The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →
Prices realized 617 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 68 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·07 | Spring Street, New York 1978 | ferrotyped gelatin silver print, mounted on aluminum | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·07 | Huanghe Lu Shanghai | $13,720–$20,579 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·06 | Still; Thomas Struth (2 works), 1998; | Two 4to hardcover books | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·06 | Chicago Board of Trade II, Chicago | $9,312–$11,640 | Lempertz | |||
| 2026·06 | Technology center at the University of Dortmund (from the series: Unconscious Places) | $3,492–$4,656 | Lempertz | |||
| 2026·06 | Lüftungsschacht (Zeche Holland), Gelsenkirchen (from the series: Unconscious Places) | $4,656–$5,820 | Lempertz | |||
| 2026·06 | Ehemalige Stahlwerke, Oberhausen (from the series: Unconscious Places) | $4,656–$5,820 | Lempertz | |||
| 2026·06 | Stinnes Steel merchandise, Essen (from the series: Unconscious Places) | $3,492–$4,656 | Lempertz | |||
| 2026·06 | Gerhard Richter 1, Köln | $34,920–$46,560 | Lempertz | |||
| 2026·05 | 'Hubertusstrasse (Ruckansicht), Duisburg', 1989, gelatin silver print, No 2/10 46.5 x 60 cm. (18.30 x 23.62 in.), Frame: 67.5 x 85.5 cm. (26.57 x 33.65 in.) | $4,648–$6,972 | Carlo Bonte Auctions | |||
| 2026·05 | Musée d'Orsay I, Paris | $70,000–$100,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Erich-Ferl-Strasse Leipzig | Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper, printed 1992 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·03 | Strasse in Los Angeles, Los Angeles (from 'Cities') | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·03 | A Group of Three Volumes | — | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2026·03 | Nanjing Xi Lu, Shanghai | $26,671–$40,007 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·03 | Avenida Tiradentes, São Paolo | $19,971–$33,286 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·02 | 116th Street at Park Avenue, New York, Harlem | gelatin silver print | $20,000–$30,000 | upcoming | Christie's | |
| 2026·02 | Las Vegas 1 | $30,000–$50,000 | Rago | |||
| 2026·01 | Sichuan Zhong Lu, Shanghai | $16,231–$24,347 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·12 | Paradise 30, Rio Madre de Dios, Peru | $46,587–$59,897 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·12 | Untitled (from the series: Unconscious Places) | $14,002–$17,502 | Lempertz | |||
| 2025·10 | The Felsenfeld / Gold Families, Philadelphia. 2007 | C-print, Diasec | $8,177–$10,513 | Grisebach | ||
| 2025·10 | 115th Street at 2nd Avenue, New York/Harlem | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·10 | Washington Street, New York/Tribeca | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·10 | Wangfujing Dong Lu, Shanghai | $18,000–$22,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·09 | Paradise (Griffelkunst) | $1,354–$2,031 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·09 | Museo del Prado, RM 12, Madrid | $1,354–$2,031 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·07 | West 58th Street, New York, Midtown 1978 | ferrotyped gelatin silver print, mounted on aluminum | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·07 | Tien An Men, Beijing | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·06 | hand-signed | — | Historia Auktionshaus | |||
| 2025·06 | Paradise 34, The Big Island, Hawai'ian Islands 2006, 2006 | Chromogenic print, front side laminated on acrylic glass in Diasec® technique and back side on Aludibond | $57,055–$57,055 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2025·06 | „The Ayvar Family“. 2007 | C-print, Diasec, in artist's frame | $11,411–$17,116 | Grisebach | ||
| 2025·04 | Washington Street, New York / Tribeca, 1978 | ferrotyped gelatin silver print, mounted on aluminum | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·04 | Nassau Street, New York / Wall Street, 1978 | ferrotyped gelatin silver print, mounted on aluminum | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·04 | 58th Street at 7th Avenue, Midtown, 1978 | ferrotyped gelatin silver print, printed 1986 | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·04 | Shanxi Nan Lu, Shanghai, 1999 | Cibachrome print | $800–$1,200 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2025·04 | Notre-Dame de Paris, 2001 | chromogenic print, face-mounted to acrylic | $170,190–$226,920 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·03 | Pergamon Museum III, Berlin | $77,469–$103,292 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·12 | 116th Street at Park Avenue, New York/Harlem | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·11 | „Chicago Board of Trade I“. 1990/91 | C-print | $21,124–$31,686 | Grisebach | ||
| 2024·11 | Distillation Column | $12,650–$18,976 | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG | |||
| 2024·11 | The Smith Family, Fife, Scotland 1989 | $3,781–$6,302 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·11 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2024·10 | Gerhard Richter 1, Köln | $30,000–$50,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·10 | Selected Images of the Ruhr Valley from Unconscious Places | $100,000–$150,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·10 | Chicago Board of Trade I, Chicago | $30,000–$50,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·10 | El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, 1999 | chromogenic print, face-mounted to Plexiglas | $180,000–$220,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·10 | Louvre 1, Paris, 1989 | chromogenic print | $100,000–$150,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·10 | Eine Projektion für Münster | $1,329–$1,993 | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG | |||
| 2024·10 | Panorama (Beaugrenelle, Paris) | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·10 | Helle Sonnenblumen No 1 | $2,214–$3,321 | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG | |||
| 2024·10 | Untitled | $1,329–$1,993 | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG | |||
| 2024·09 | Tien An Men, Beijing | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·09 | (1954) | $11,155–$16,732 | Kruso Art | |||
| 2024·08 | Clinton Road, Murdock Cottages, London | $5,099–$7,648 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | 'Pflanze No. 65, Sonnenblumengruppe, Winterthur' (Sunflowers) | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·05 | City tracks (Omron) Tokyo, Shibuya-Ku | $15,188–$22,783 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·04 | (i) Strasse in Palermo I(ii) Strasse in Palermo II | (ii) chromogenic print, in artist's frame | $6,404–$8,539 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·04 | String Handling, Solarworld, Freiberg | $800–$1,200 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·04 | Gerhard Richter 1, Köln | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·04 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2024·04 | 'Zhejiang Zhong Lu, Shanghai' | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·04 | Pergamon Museum 1, Berlin | $120,000–$180,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·03 | Mais-Acker Nach der ernte n°34, Winterthur | $10,269–$15,403 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·03 | 28th Street, New York, Chelsea | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·02 | (1954) | $54–$109 | Kruso Art | |||
| 2024·01 | Rosa Azalee, Düsseldorf, Neanderstraße. 1993 | C-Print, 2000 | $761–$978 | Grisebach | ||
| 2023·12 | Sao Francisco de Xavier, Brazil | $2,000–$4,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·12 | Museo del Prado 3 | $50,359–$75,538 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·11 | The Smith Family, Fife, Scotland 1989 | $8,776–$11,284 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·11 | Paradise 25, Yuquehy/ Brazil | $62,725–$87,815 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·11 | Panorama I (Beaugrenelle, Paris) | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·10 | Audience 08 (Galleria dell'Accademia), Florenz | chromogenic print face mounted to acrylic, in artist's frame | $36,535–$60,892 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·10 | City Hall, Tel Aviv 2011 | $36,931–$61,552 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·10 | Grab von Lu Xun Shanghai, 1997 | $18,466–$24,621 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·10 | Sao Francisco de Xavier, Brazil | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·07 | Sao Francisco de Xavier, Brazil | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·06 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2023·06 | Paradise 6, Daintree, Australia, 1998 | tirage C-print, monté sous Diasec, dans un cadre d'artiste | $53,415–$74,781 | upcoming | Christie's | |
| 2023·06 | Dey Street. 1978 | Gelatin silver print | $21,526–$26,908 | Grisebach | ||
| 2023·06 | „Hilo Street. Jiyu Gaoka. Tokyo 2003“. 2003 | C-print, Diasec | $32,289–$43,052 | Grisebach | ||
| 2023·05 | Art Institute of Chicago I | color coupler print, in artist's frame | $100,000–$150,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·05 | Tokyo National Museum | chromogenic print face-mounted to Diasec, in artist's frame | $300,000–$500,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·04 | (b. 1957) | $1,646–$3,292 | LOT-ART | The Art Investment Platform | |||
| 2023·04 | Audience 5 (Galleria Dell'Accademia), Florenz | $37,344–$49,792 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·04 | Kyoto | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·04 | Paradise 24, Sao Francisco de Xavier, Brazil | $60,000–$80,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·01 | The Okutsu Family in Tatami Room, Yamaguchi | $12,327–$18,490 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·12 | Research Vehicle, Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards 2014 | $52,580–$73,612 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·12 | „Shanxi Nan Lu, Shanghai“. 1999 | C-print, 2000 | $1,581–$2,108 | Grisebach | ||
| 2022·11 | Lafayette Street at Great Jones Street, New York | $17,845–$23,794 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·11 | The Consolandi Family 1, Mailand | $10,412–$15,618 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·10 | Curved Wave Tank, The University of Edinburgh | $22,383–$33,575 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·10 | Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh, Windsor Castle 2011 | chromogenic print face-mounted to Plexiglass in artist's frame | $168,859–$281,432 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·10 | Selected Cityscapes: London and New York | $6,000–$8,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·10 | Pantheon, Rome | Dye coupler print, printed 1993 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Richard Sennett, New York | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·10 | Barbara Flynn, New York | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·10 | Drammen 2, Oslo, 2001 | chromogenic print, mounted on diasec | $25,000–$35,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·09 | Gemüse Markt, Wuhan | $19,768–$29,652 | Sotheby's | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.